1889 boston americans photo

bgar3 · #1 07-16-2014, 09:18 AM

agree later, likely much later than 1889. not boston americans. assume you think cambridge due to the "c". suggest it could be a college team. not sure what you mean concerning the moses reference.

Runscott · #2 07-16-2014, 10:33 AM

So you are buying 'big' items on a daily basis, and have no idea what their value is?

sayhey24 · #3 07-16-2014, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Runscott

So you are buying 'big' items on a daily basis, and have no idea what their value is?

I've been wondering the same thing -- great pieces, but if you don't know the value, how are you and the sellers coming up with a price?
And shouldn't these be going in the July pickups thread, instead of starting a new thread for every individual pickup?

Greg

Runscott · #4 07-16-2014, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by sayhey24

I've been wondering the same thing -- great pieces, but if you don't know the value, how are you and the sellers coming up with a price?
And shouldn't these be going in the July pickups thread, instead of starting a new thread for every individual pickup?

Greg

I think they should go in the B/S/T area, with the prices that we assign to them. I'm going to put $49.99 on this latest item.

collectbaseball · #5 07-16-2014, 11:05 AM

Sidd Finch is third from the left, you can tell by the ears

Leon · #6 07-16-2014, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Runscott

I think they should go in the B/S/T area, with the prices that we assign to them. I'm going to put $49.99 on this latest item.

The OP (hi Michael) and I had a nice long conversation on the phone this morning. Great guy, trust me. He is a retired person (around our age plus a few years, Scott) that is doing "picking" for his living. He has an interest in this stuff but more so he does it for business. I asked him to tone it down a little and he was more than hospitable, gracious and apologetic. So much so that he said he might not post for a few days or a week. I just feel a polite post about his situation will help enlighten our members. This gentleman is very nice just a little overwhelmed at the moment... I also asked him not to blatantly sell stuff on this main page and he said he won't. That being said he is going through a big, old and original collection of a ton of stuff and will still be soliciting some opinions from us. Hey, it's not like we are overrun with new threads every day. Carry on.....

Runscott · #7 07-16-2014, 11:53 AM

He posted that the 1909 Pittsburg composite had sold at auction in the last 7-8 years. Unless there are two of them (no one here had seen it before he posted) then the collection isn't entirely old and original. No big deal, but we were just commenting because he should have an idea as to value, as I'm sure the seller does and that the prices were at least in the ballpark.

But I get it - he's excited.

Leon · #8 07-16-2014, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Runscott

He posted that the 1909 Pittsburg composite had sold at auction in the last 7-8 years. Unless there are two of them (no one here had seen it before he posted) then the collection isn't entirely old and original. No big deal, but we were just commenting because he should have an idea as to value, as I'm sure the seller does and that the prices were at least in the ballpark.

But I get it - he's excited.

Most of the items are from that big collection, is my understanding. Maybe that original collection person got it there? I don't know. But, I said the same thing as for going gangbusters with stuff he seemingly knows little about. The term I used was "reckless abandon". He knows his niche well, I believe, but not this particular stuff. I am led to believe he is much more of an autograph guy....(yikes) ...I wish this was the biggest issue facing the board

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